Movie: Palaces of Pity

Top 10 Billed Cast

Alcina Abrantes
Alcina Abrantes

Ana Rita Franco
Ana Rita Franco

Teresa Castro
Teresa Castro

Gabriel Abrantes
Gabriel Abrantes

Daniel Schmidt
Daniel Schmidt

Andreia Martina
Andreia Martina

Catarina Gaspar
Catarina Gaspar

Bernarda dos Bois
Bernarda dos Bois

Judite Maria
Judite Maria

Mariana Roberto
Mariana Roberto

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    Haunted by their own directionless lives, two pre-adolescent girls reunite while visiting their ailing grandmother. In the midst of her fantasies of a medieval past - one consumed by fear and desire - the two girls are transformed and confront a legacy of oppression, juxtaposing their budding identities to a trial condemning two Moorish homosexuals to burn at the stake.

  • Release Date

    2011-09-02

  • Average

    7.2

  • Rating:

    3.6 starts
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    Português
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